Indigenous Belief Systems, Science, and Resource Extraction: Climate Change Attitudes in Ecuador

摘要: Indigenous people around the world have been particularly vocal about climate change as a challenge to their cosmovision—or traditional worldview—resulting in demands for protection of earth part core beliefs. Is this because indigenous are most vulnerable, and feel impact more directly? Or is it centrality beliefs? Using survey evidence from Ecuador, we examine how cosmovision, science, vulnerability influence belief that exists. On basis one-on-one interviews with leaders argue both beliefs Western science inform citizen views change. We discuss implications these findings, arguing rather than competing Kichwa-based cosmovision complements scientific efforts combat also find proximity oil extraction an important determinant cli...